FEBS News Guidelines for One- Year FEBS Fellowships (1) These Fellowships are intended to support one-year stays of members of FEBS Constituent Societies in a laboratory of another country within the FEBS area. The amount of money allocated per Fellowship will be up to 30 000 DM based on the cost of living in the receiving
country
plus travel expenses
to and from the receiving
may be provided. (2) Applications to work in a laboratory
in the same country
(3) Eligible candidates
of a FEBS Constituent
shall be normally
shall be members
laboratory
and town of origin.
in which the applicant
is working
A family
or normally
help up to 3600 DM
works are not considered.
Society for at least one year before the application
is submitted.
They
has been applied
for.
less than 35 years old at the time of application.
(4) FEBS Fellowships
may not be used to complement
(5) FEBS Fellowships
are not renewable.
(6) A statement
be made by the applicant
should
other types of support
if another
Fellowship
for the same visit.
or other type of help for the same project
(7) Eellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their dependents; neither are they insured against accidents during their travel or stay. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its Fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability
in respect
recipients covered
of any of their actions
of Fellowships
are, therefore,
by the necessary
or activities
or in respect
of the health
and safety of their persons.
urged to make sure that they and their families
that receive them are fully
with tax privileges.
It is the sole responsibility
insurances.
FEBS is a non-governmental
organization
of the recipient
of the award
(8) Applications
should be written
whose awards
to pay any tax which
are not automatically
endowed
may be levied upon it by the corresponding
in English and shall include the following
documents
(original
authorities. and five copies arranged
A. Curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications (do not include abstracts). B. Extended research plan (no more than five pages) with TITLE, nature of the project, methodology, why the particular
laboratory
C. A letter of acceptance will work
indicating
has been chosen.
A detailed
from the legal head of the receiving
the agreement
D. A letter supporting
In their own interest
and the institutions
with the proposed
the application
E. A letter from the corresponding
of the project
Institute
subject
from an experienced
FEBS Constituent
summary
in this order):
goals and justification
as to
of one page shall be included.
and signed also by the leader of the group
in which the applicant
of research. scientist
who knows
Society stating
the work of the applicant.
that the applicant
is a member
of it and giving the date of admis-
sion to the Society. (9) Fellowships Committee
will be awarded
before
MA Y
(10) The Fellowships Fellowships
during
the annual
FEBS Meeting.
1st of the corresponding
should
year.
start within six months
Applications
Retrospective
of the award.
(11) The applicant
must send to the Chairman
FEBS and two reprints (12) No grant
of the Fellowships
be considered.
A longer delay would need the permission
Every publication
of the Fellowships of work executed
shall be sent to the Chairman
for research
or bench
Committee during
of the Fellowships
fee will be given to the Institutes
(13) Applications should be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Only a limited number of Fellowships is available.